Tim f.

As you can see from the huge volume of 1 star reviews public surplus is really problematic! They allow small town governments and school districts to post items which are often not even remotely close to the descriptions they provide & then allow these crooked little governments to hide behind pages & pages of legalese absolving them from any responsibility for their lies. Prior to purchase, I specifically asked if certain hard to find components were present in a lot I just purchased, they promised that they were & when I went to pick up the gear those very same components were missing in half of the items! If you cannot inspect the items that you are buying absolutely, positively, do not purchase ANYTHING through public surplus! & even if you can inspect the items it's highly likely the stuff will be different when you go to pick it up then it was when you inspected it!

A large payment just disappeared. Never showed paid and I absolutely CANNOT get an answer from ANYONE as to where my money is for over 2 weeks now, hours on hold, multiple referrals to their "Trust & Safety" never a return email never a resolution and NO RECOURSE at all!

They're fine until there's a problem then you're screwed!